I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…And Im all out of bubblegum …
In a way, 1988sThey Liveis a reverse mirror image of its own story.
Interestingly, Carpenter found his primary inspiration for a film about the 1980s in the 1960s.
Unfortunately hes the only one who can.
(Director Matt Reeves is presently at work on a more faithful adaptation of the story.)
Twenty years later it truer than ever.
Carpenter has enough respect for the intelligence of his audience to let the story take its time.
Hints and fragments of hints creep in around the edges slowly building to the big reveal.
As the film opens the economy is in ruins, for most people anyway.
Meanwhile, television is awash with ads telling people that being fabulous and glamorous is all that matters.
At the camp, Nada starts to notice some strange things.
There are forces of some kind controlling the world, they say.
But I do have to wonder.
would likely be attacked for promoting terrorism.
If anyone noticed the message at all, that is.
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